Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary... The Oral Study of Literature - Page 290by Algernon de Vivier Tassin - 1923 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet not to tny eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone ; nor couldst thou wish Couch...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 pages
...dreams." 2. (Solemnity and Sublimity, combined with Tranquillity.) " Yet not to thy eternal resting place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch...and hoary seers of ages past, — All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills, Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun, — the vales, Stretching in pensive... | |
| Salem Town - 1845 - 296 pages
...resolved to earth again ; Yet not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone; nor coulclst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales, Streching in pensive quietness... | |
| Salem Town - 1845 - 264 pages
...again'; Yet not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone; nor couldst thou wish Couch moTe magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales, Streching in pensive quietness... | |
| 1875 - 828 pages
...Thanatopsis " : — " All that tread The globe, are bnt a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Bock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 424 pages
...And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. ' Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, —...forms and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the rales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...resting place, Shalt thou retire, alone— nor could'st thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with...hoary seers of ages past, All— in one— mighty sepulchre. The hills, Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
| Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould. Yet, not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone ; —...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills, Hock-ribb'd, and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
| George Vanderhoff - 1846 - 398 pages
...his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad and pierce thy mould. Yet not to thy eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone ; nor...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre ! The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 pages
...resting place Shalt thou retire alone, — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shall lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. 5. . The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness... | |
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